Obituaries
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[Havens, Dolly Fern]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday    November 24, 1910     p. 4

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Havens [May Pack] mourn the loss of a child [Dolly Fern], whose death took place Tuesday of last week. Interment was in Graceland cemetery.

[Havens, Effie May Byers]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     August 16, 1962     [p. 1]

MRS. FRED HUNTER'S MOTHER DIES

Mrs. Effie [Byers] Havens, 85, of Villisca, mother of Mrs. Fred Hunter [Beulah Mae] of Bedford, passed away Monday afternoon, Aug. 13. Services will be Wed. afternoon, Aug. 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wolfe Funeral Home in Villisca.

[Havens, Effie May Byers]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 30, 1962      p. 5

Effie M. Havens Rites Aug. 15

Funeral services for Mrs. Effie May [Byers] Havens were held at Wolfs Funeral Home in Villisca, Aug. 15, with burial at Grant, Ia. Included in the service was the following obituary.

Effie May [Byers] Havens was born July 18, 1877 on a farm near Corydon, Iowa. At the age of 10 she moved to Montgomery county, Iowa, and spent the next 75 years in or near there.

She was united in marriage to William Havens on Dec. 29, 1892. He preceded her in death in 1940. To this union four children were born, a daughter, Lela, a daughter, Mrs. Fred Hunter [Beulah Mae] of Bedford, a son, Paul, of Villisca and a son, Glen, who died in infancy. She also leaves two granddaughters, Mrs. Drexel Keith, Bedford, and Mrs. Doris Huber of Bend, Oregon; also three great grandchildren, Randall Keith, Kay Lynne Keith and Martin Randall Huber. She leaves a host of relatives and friends.

Mrs. Havens united with the Christian Church at the age of 15 in Morton's Mill. Later, in 1953 she transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in Villisca.

Those attending the services from a distance were Mrs. Mary Havens, Donald Havens, Mrs. Ross Havens Mrs. Ella Russell and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haynes of Atlantic; Mrs. John Coulthard Des Moines, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Van Hoozer, Mrs. Bessie Straight, Mrs. Callia Wimer of Bethany, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Ranck, Macedonia, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Zuber, Clarence Zuber, Mrs. Lucile Shields, Afton.

[Havens, William]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 22, 1940    [p. 1]

will havens dies

Will [iam] Havens of west Bedford died this morning (Thursday) of heart trouble and cancer. Burial will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Villisca. Mr. Havens was the father of Mrs. Fred Hunter [Beulah Mae] of Bedford.

[Lathrop, Guy Fenton]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 30, 1962      p. 7

DR. LATHROP DIES

Dr. Guy F. [enton] Lathrop, 81, died Monday night at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he had lived since his retirement from medical practice for many years at South Haven and Detroit, Mich.

He was originally from the Taylor county area. He is survived by his wife, Ethel; son, Earl of St. Petersburg, Fla., and a daughter, Mrs. John (Jean) Steekel of El Monte, Calif.; a brother George Lathrop of Clarinda; four sisters, Mrs. Lida Combs of Springfield, Mo., Mrs. (Candace) Arthur Falk of Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Mary Wilson and Mrs. Clyde Johnson of Clarinda. Services were held at the Boyd Funeral Home in Hollywood, Fla. with interment at Jacksonville, Fla.

[Lillie, Clarence Yale]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 30, 1962      p. 3

Obituary - Yale Lillie

Clarence Yale Lillie, son of John and Ruth Lillie, was born Oct. 11, 1914 at Shenandoah, Iowa, and passed away at the Greater Community hospital in Creston, Iowa, on Aug. 18, 1962 at the age of 47 years, 10 months and 7 days.

He grew up in the Lenox community and graduated from the Lenox high school in 1931.

For about a year he lived in Central America with an uncle and worked there.

On Aug. 4, 1938 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Mae Trost. To this union two sons were born, Richard and Allen J.

Since 1943 he has lived in and around the Clearfield community. He has operated the Clearfield Hardware store since 1946.

He was preceded in death by his mother and one son, Richard.

Those surviving are his wife, Dorothy and son, Allen J.; his father, John and stepmother, Olive of Brooks; three step-brothers, Bill Pegg of Washington state, Tom Pegg of Corning and Bill Walter of Brooks; a step-sister, Annis Wilkinson of Hawaii; his father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Trost of Lenox; several nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Yale was a member of the Business Men’s club and the Lions club. He was very active in the community summer baseball program for the past six summers and showed a real interest in youth, even when his health was failing.

[Lillie, Clarence Yale]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 30, 1962      p. 3

DEATH TAKES YALE LILLIE

Funeral services for [Clarence] Yale Lillie, 48, of Clearfield were held Tuesday at the Clearfield Methodist Church with Rev. Herbert Phillips officiating. Lillie died Saturday night at the Creston hospital; burial was in Clearfield cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; a son, Allen and his father, John Lillie of Brooks.

[Lillie, Richard L.]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     February 4, 1954    p. 7

CLEARFIELD

Lillie Boy Dies

Richard L. Lillie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yale Lillie [Dorothy Mae Trost], was born at Lenox Nov. 23, 1942 and died at Glenwood Jan. 23, 1954 at the age of 11 years.

He is survived by his parents and a brother, Allen J.; also grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Trost, Mr. and Mrs. John Lillie.

Funeral services were held in the J. B. Crew funeral home Monday, the Rev. C. E. McPherson officiating. Burial was In the Clearfield cemetery.

[Mincks, Asa Carlton]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    February 26, 1948     p. 7

Obituary - Asa C. Mincks

Asa Carlton Mincks, son of Hiram Minor and Nancy Ann [Spooner] Mincks, was born September 1, 1882 on a farm west of Blockton in Taylor county, Iowa. He was stricken with a heart attack early Friday, February 13 and died at his home north of Redding, at the age of 65 years, 5 months, 12 days.

He spent his early life and school days in Taylor County.

On April 28, 1915 he was married to Ethel Blunck and they made their home in the Blockton community. To them was born one son, Robert, who with his wife and a son survive.

They moved to Ringgold County in 1921. He became a member of the East Mission Baptist Church near Bedford at an early age. He is survived by his wife, son and grandson. Also by three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Besco and Miss

Ola Mincks of Blockton, and Mrs. Margaret Slaughter of Des Moines; two brothers, Hiram Mincks of Blockton and Philip Mincks of Bedford.

The funeral services were held Monday afternoon, February 10 at the Methodist church in Redding, conducted by Rev. U. E. Burroughs of Mount Ayr, assisted by Rev. Francis Harris. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery at Blockton.

 

[Mincks, Hiram Minor]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    November 24, 1938     p. 8

Blockton

Minor Mincks Dies

[Hiram] Minor Mincks died at his home in Blockton Tuesday morning about 1 o'clock. He has been in poor health for some time.

 

[Mincks, Hiram Minor]

Blockton News

Thursday    November 24, 1938    [p. 1]

H. M. Mincks Dead

H. [iram] M. [inor] Mincks passed away Tuesday forenoon, November 22,1938, about 9 o'clock, at the age of 90 years, 3 months and 2 days. Mr. Mincks had been in poor health for several months.

 

[Mincks, Hiram Minor]

Blockton News

Thursday     December 1, 1938     p. 4

Obituary

Hiram Minor Mincks, son of Hiram and Margaret Mincks, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, August 20, 1848, and passed away at his home in Blockton November 22, 1938, at the age of 90 years, 8 months and 2 days. Mr. Mincks was the last of his immediate family.

At the age of 14, both of his parents having passed away, he left his childhood home in Ohio and came to Centerville, this state, to make his home with relatives.

 On March 22, 1869, he was married to Nancy A. [nn] Spooner, who preceded him in death April 29, 1909.

Mr. and Mrs. Mincks were the parents of ten children, six of whom survive—Mrs. George Besco [Lillie], Miss Ola, Hiram [Richard] and Phillip [Edgar], all of Blockton; Asa [Carlton], of Redding, and Mrs. Margaret [Nancy] Slaughter, of Des Moines. Of those deceased—Carrie died in infancy, Miss Christina in 1903, Mrs. C. [harles] E. [dward] Streepy [Millie] in 1908, and Miss Mae E. [tta] in 1935.

Mr. and Mrs. Mincks came to Taylor County in 1873 and established their home, and where Mr. Mincks spent the remainder of his life, except for three years when the family lived in Missouri.

Mr. Mincks, being one of the very early pioneers of Taylor County, had the experience of living through the trying hardships of the pioneer days.

He was a member of the Christian church, having made his confession to his God during the ministry of Rev. H. E. Van Horn.

Mr. Mincks was a good father, an honest and upright citizen, and a good neighbor.

He leaves to mourn, his children, his grandchildren, his great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and a host of friends and neighbors.

The funeral services were conducted in the Blockton Christian church Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock by Rev. W. H. Warrior. Burial in Rose Hill cemetery, Blockton.

 

[Mincks, Hiram Minor]

Blockton News

Thursday     December 1, 1938     p. 5

Relatives from a distance attending the funeral of H. [iram] M. [inor] Mincks were Mrs. Cora Jones, Miss Sadie Jamison, Mrs. Gertie Smith, Oakley Jamison and wife, Bob Jamison, Mrs. Mary Madre, Mrs. Sophia Van Syckle, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Seymour; Mrs. Winnie McGinn, Mrs. Anna Ash, Charley Mincks and wife, and Gilbert Mincks, of Centerville; Rev. Ora Streepy and daughter, Mary Cathryn, of Urbana, Illinois; Bob Streepy, of Denver, Colorado, and Miss May Streepy, of Creston.

[MINCKS, HIRAM MINOR]]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, December 1, 1938
Mrs. Margaret Slaughter returned to Des Moines Sunday morning, having been called here by the death of her father, H. M. Mincks.

[Mincks, Mae Etta]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 15, 1935    [p. 1]

Miss Mae Mincks Dies At Blockton

Miss Mae Mincks, 50, a resident of Blockton, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 1935. The funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. H. Warrior. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery.

Mae Etta Mincks, daughter of H. [iram] M. [inor] and Nancy [Ann Spooner] Mincks, was born Dec. 20, 1884 in Taylor county. In early youth she united with the Christian church at Blockton and lived a life of Christian service. She was educated in the schools of Taylor County and at Drake University in Des Moines. She taught in the schools of Taylor and Polk counties and was also employed for several years in insurance work in Des Moines.

Surviving relatives are her aged father, H. [iram] M. [inor] Mincks of Blockton, three sisters and three brothers. They are Mrs. G. [eorge] H. Besco [Lillie], Miss Ola Mincks, Hiram Mincks, and Phillip Mincks, all of Blockton; Mrs. Margaret Slaughter of Des Moines and Asa Mincks of Redding.

 

[Mincks, Mae Etta]

Blockton News

Thursday     August 15, 1935     [p. 1]

Obituary

Mae Etta Mincks, daughter of H. [iram] M. [inor] and Nancy [Ann Spooner] Mincks, was born in Taylor County, near Blockton, Iowa, December 20, 1884.

In early youth she professed her faith in God by joining the Christian church, and lived a life of Christian service to all who knew her.

She received her education in Taylor county schools and at Drake University. She was a teacher of excellent competence for several years in Taylor and Polk counties. She also spent several years employed in insurance work in Des Moines.

She passed away August 10, 1935, at the age of 50 years, 7 months and 21 days.

She leaves to mourn her death her aged father, three sisters and three brothers, Mrs. G. [eorge] H. Besco [Lillie], Miss Ola Mincks, Mrs. Margaret Slaughter and Hiram, Asa and Phillip Mincks; nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. W.H. Warrior. "Burial in Rose Hill cemetery, Blockton.

[Mincks, Nancy Ann Spooner]

Blockton News

Thursday    April 8, 1909     p. 4

The funeral of Mrs. H. [iram] M. [inor] Mincks [Nancy Ann Spooner] took place at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Christian church as announced and was largely attended. The floral tributes were most appropriate and beautiful. The immediate family of the deceased were all present except her son, Hiram, of Sedgwick, Colorado, at the funeral; also her two nieces, Mrs. Willis Jones and Mrs. Edgar Smith, of Seymour, and her brother Luke Spooner, of Grinnell, were present and returned to their respective homes Monday. The members of the family who reside at Buffalo, Missouri, returned home today.

[MINCKS, NANCY ANN SPOONER]
Buffalo Reflex (Buffalo, Missouri), Thursday, April 1, 1909
Entered into rest at her home near Halfway Monday night, March 29, Mrs. H. M. Mincks, aged 58 years. The deceased, a worthy and popular lady, had been suffering for some time from an affliction of the heart and her death comes as no great surprise to those near her. She leaves a devoted companion and seven children who have the sympathy of all in their great loss. The remains will be shipped to her old home at Blockton, Ia., for interment.

[Mincks, Ola Maude]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     September 5, 1963    p. 4

Ola M. Mincks Rites Sunday

Funeral services for Miss Ola Maude Mincks, life-long Blockton resident, will be held Sunday (Sept. 8) at the Blockton Christian Church at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. James Ferris officiating. Miss Mincks died Monday (Sept. 2) in Ringgold County Hospital in Mt. Ayr. Burial will be at Rosehill cemetery, Blockton.

Ola Mincks was a sister of Phil Mincks of Bedford. She had made her home with a niece, Miss May Streepy.

[Mincks, Ola Maude]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     September 19, 1963    p. 6

Final Rites for Miss Ola Mincks

Funeral services for Miss Ola Maude Mincks, life-time Taylor county resident, were held in the Blockton Christian Church September 8 with Rev. James Ferris officiating.

Miss Mincks died in Ringgold County Hospital, Mt. Ayr, Iowa, September 2, 1963 at the age of 85 years, seven months and nine days. Interment was at Rose Hill cemetery, Blockton.

Included in the services was the following obituary:

Miss Ola Maude Mincks was born in Taylor County near Blockton, Iowa, on Jan. 23, 1878. She was the daughter of Hiram Minor Mincks and Nancy Ann Spooner Mincks. There were six sisters and three brothers in the family. All have preceded her in death except one sister, Margaret, of Des Moines, Iowa, and one brother, Phil, of Bedford.

She was a member of the First Christian church of Blockton and a member of the Rebekah Lodge in which she was very active. Aunt Ode, as all knew her, went the second mile in the Christian walk of life, having given her life to helping others no matter what the cause or need.

Aunt Ode raised three children, taking them when very young to bring them to adulthood. They were her niece, May Streepy and nephews Bob Streepy and Joe Bill Slaughter.

She is survived by her sister, Margaret, of Des Moines; her brother Phil of Bedford; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bill Slaughter and family of New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Streepy and family of Oklahoma City, Okla., and May Streepy of Blockton, Ia., who looked after Aunt Ode for many, many years, through all her Illnesses until the time of her death. She leaves many other nieces and nephews and a host of friends and will be missed by all who knew her.

Attending the funeral service for Ola Mincks were:

Relatives, Phil Mincks, brother, Bedford; Joe Bill Slaughter, nephew, Eatontown, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. E. E "Bob" Streepy, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kennedy, Mrs. Gertie Wildman, Mr. and Mrs. Vearon John, Don Starkey, Mrs. Georgia Ford, Bedford; Mrs. Stella Wareham, Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Peak, Mr. and Mrs. John Sash, Creston; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mann, Council Bluffs; Mrs. Grace Hatfield, Des Moines.

Friends and former neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Hank Seiffert, Bedford; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wildman, Ames, Ia.; Mrs. Stacey Nye, Grant City, Mo.

[Myers, Roy Ellsworth]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     February 4, 1954    p. 7

CLEARFIELD

Word has been received of the sudden death of W. [Roy Ellsworth] Myers on Tuesday in Billings, Mont. Mrs. Myers is the former Cora Herrington. Funeral rites were in Billings.

[Myers, Roy Ellsworth]

Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana)

Thursday     January 28, 1954     p. 11

Local Resident’s Rites Set Friday

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p. m. Friday at Smith’s chapel for Roy Ellsworth Myers, 65-year-old Billings machine repairman of 209 S. 30th St., who died late Tuesday at a local hospital following an illness with a heart condition.

The Rev. A. C. Calon of the First Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Myers was born Aug. 9, 1887, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Myers at Centralia, Kans.

He was connected with his father in the lumber business at Blackwell, Okla., before coming to Billings in 1928.

Approximately 10 years ago Mr. Myers was associated with Wesley Gauger in operating a bicycle shop on N. 29th St. Since that time he had been employed by a number of Billings appliance dealers in motor servicing and machine repair work.

Mr. Myers was married March 30, 1949, at Red Lodge to Mrs. Cora Z. [Herrington] Huss.

He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Blackwell.

Surviving are his wife, a son, George Myers of Greenville, Miss.; a daughter, Grace Myers of Great Falls; two stepsons, [Lee] Robert Huss of 215 S. 36th St., and Charles Huss of 324 S. 25th St.; three brothers, Huber Myers of Compton, Calif., Oscar Myers of Cavalier, N. D., and William Myers of Wichita, Kans.; a sister, Stella Myers of Needles, Calif., and four grandchildren.

[Simpson, Joseph]

Blockton News

Thursday     November 29, 1917    p. 4

Joseph Simpson, father of our townsman, G. [eorge] P. Simpson, passed away Saturday at the old Simpson homestead and the home of his son, Henry [Wilson] Simpson, southeast of Sheridan, at the advanced age of 89 years, 7 months and 17 days. The funeral service was held at Mount Vernon church Sunday and interment was made in the family burial ground at the cemetery at that place.

[Thompson, Helen Crum]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    September 6, 1962     [p. 1]

Rites Here For Mrs. Thompson

Graveside services for Mrs. Helen C. [rum] Thompson, who died Aug. 17 in New York City, were held in Fairview cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Thurs., Aug. 30.

Attending the service from out of town was her daughter, Mrs. Virginia T. Rosenblueth of Mexico City, Mexico.

[Walkup, Frank Ralph]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    September 6, 1962     p. 6

Frank Walkup Dies In Calif.

Frank [Ralph] Walkup, 67, former Bedford resident, died Aug. 11 in Altadena, Calif. Services and burial were in California.

He is survived by his wife, Edna [May Church], a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Harrell of Pasadena, a sister, Mrs. Blanche Keith and a brother, Glenn, of Bedford, a nephew, Robert Walkup, of Blockton and four grandchildren.

Walkup was a principal in the Pasadena high school many years prior to his retirement.

Glenn Walkup and Robert Walkup attended the services.

[Windsor, Joseph M.]

Blockton News

Thursday     January 10, 1907    p. 8

J. [oseph] M. Windsor, one of the pioneer merchants of Bedford, passed from works to rewards a few days since and his remains were taken to White Pigeon, Michigan, for interment. He had been a resident of Bedford since 1858, and was about 87 years of age.

[Winemiller, Carl Walter]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 30, 1962      p. 2

Carl Winemiller Rites Aug. 4

Funeral services for Carl Walter Winemiller, 49, farmer of the Sheridan community, who died August 2 at Missouri Methodist hospital in St Joseph following an extended illness, were held August 4 at the Sheridan Christian church conducted by Rev. Delbert Biehle, pastor. Interment was in the Sheridan cemetery.

Carl Walter Winemiller was born September 9, 1912, near Sheridan. On June 8, 1936, he was married to Miss Bonnie Nash. They had two daughters and one son.

Mr. Winemiller's mother passed away when he was a boy of nine. Two years later his mother's sister, Myrtle, became his stepmother.

Surviving are his wife; a son, Dale, of the home; two daughters, Sherrie Winemiller and Mrs. Lois June Rowen of St Joseph; a granddaughter, Juna Rowe; his father and step-mother of St Joseph; two brothers, Albert Winemiller of Kansas City, Mo., and Virgil Winemiller of St. Joseph.

Recognized as one of the leading conservation farmers of the county, Winemiller was a supervisor of the Soil District of Worth County and served many years as board chairman.

He was a member of the Christian Church at Sheridan.